June 04, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could collect ill-gotten gains from alleged fraudsters without having to identify victims who were financially harmed by the fraud, declining to place further limits on the agency's disgorgement powers six years after it last did so.
April 20, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday questioned an attempt to limit the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's disgorgement powers, with conservative and liberal justices alike seemingly skeptical of the argument that the agency has to identify victims before it can demand the return of ill-gotten gains.
April 17, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's final argument session of this term kicks off Monday, when the justices will consider the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's authority to seek disgorgement orders against alleged wrongdoers without proving investors were harmed. Here, Law360 breaks down the week's oral arguments.
April 02, 2026
A slew of industry and legal groups have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's disgorgement powers, arguing in Wednesday amicus briefs that Congress explicitly empowered the regulator to seek disgorgement without showing investor harm.
March 26, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court should continue allowing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to collect ill-gotten profits from fraudsters without having to identify any particular victims of said scheme, the agency told the high court in a case that could limit its disgorgement powers.
March 03, 2026
Nearly two dozen former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys are among those urging the U.S. Supreme Court to put an end to the agency collecting disgorgement from those accused of wrongdoing without first identifying victims of the alleged fraud at hand.
February 24, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court should make it clear that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cannot seek disgorgement from wrongdoers without first identifying victims who have suffered financial harm, the justices heard as briefing got underway in a case that could curb the agency's ability to collect money from alleged fraudsters.
January 14, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court is once again stepping into the debate over when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can demand that alleged fraudsters give up ill-gotten gains, but this time the agency plans to argue a 2021 government spending bill should save it from further limits to its disgorgement powers.
January 09, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case that could resolve a circuit split over whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has to prove investor harm in order to secure disgorgement from alleged fraudsters.
December 18, 2025
The Trump administration has joined the call for the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's disgorgement powers, urging the justices to find that alleged fraudsters should be required to give up illegal profits even if the government can't show investors lost money.